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Can anybody here verify this whether we are being surveillance through our cellphone batteries?
https://www.facebook.com/armando.e.perez.9/videos/10203340141138343/ ^

Posted on 12/06/2017 6:40:08 AM PST by Jonty30

Is the government keeping tabs on us through our cellphone batteries?


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: itstherussiansstupid; onstar; privacy; surveillance; yes
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To: backwoods-engineer

“People do not understand how the technology works. Might as well be magic.”

For 99.9% of the people, it is magic.

I guess you can always turn off GPS and turn it on just when you need it. But if everybody did that then the traffic option in your map app wouldn’t be that useful.


41 posted on 12/06/2017 8:27:58 AM PST by aquila48 (Bookmark)
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To: webheart

I still have some old mercury amalgam fillings that I highly distrust. Someday I plan to change them out for non-radio materials.


42 posted on 12/06/2017 8:38:19 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: RepRivFarm
So much snark in this thread.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

43 posted on 12/06/2017 8:41:45 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Jonty30
Is the government keeping tabs on us through our cellphone batteries?

"Please answer to the back of this phone."

44 posted on 12/06/2017 8:51:34 AM PST by RansomOttawa (tm)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

It still pings towers and that is recorded.


45 posted on 12/06/2017 8:54:40 AM PST by joesbucks
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To: TXnMA

The key is the hat. Foil on the cell phone is optional.


46 posted on 12/06/2017 8:55:11 AM PST by joesbucks
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To: kitchen
Would a defunct microwave oven chassis and case, with boards, coils, transformers, etc. removed, and then properly grounded, function as an effective Faraday Cage?

What a fantastic Question!
I wonder why no one has thought of that before.
Those defunct microwave ovens might be worth a lot.
Actually, the only thing that needs to be disabled is the Klystron (microwave generating) tube, and there you have it, a Faraday Cage for hand held communication devices, including cell phones. As long as it is plugged in, the unit is grounded through the three prong A.C. plug and everything inside the disabled microwave is protected from EMP.

47 posted on 12/06/2017 9:29:42 AM PST by publius911 (CBS: "Asking the right questions is 100% of catching sexual abusers")
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Every cell phone is a “tracking device”. That’s how it’s possible to receive calls as you move around. The cell towers know where your phone is so calls can be properly routed to you.


48 posted on 12/06/2017 9:39:24 AM PST by AustinBill (consequence is what makes our choices real)
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To: kitchen

For certain frequencies, yes.
So would wrapping a device in aluminum foil.


49 posted on 12/06/2017 9:48:57 AM PST by backwoods-engineer ( DJT won; we got Gorsuch and a bit of MAGA. Civil war before we get more?)
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To: Jonty30

Maybe through your cellphone, but not through the battery.


50 posted on 12/06/2017 10:10:31 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: backwoods-engineer

“No, it doesn’t spy on you.”

We already know, courtesy of Mr. Snowden, that they can remotely turn on your cell phone’s microphone to spy on you without you knowing it.

It’s not feasible for them to do that in a blanket fashion to all cell phones, but they can do that for targeted surveillance.


51 posted on 12/06/2017 10:14:13 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: publius911

I can’t take credit, I just was interested in verification. Storage for a solar battery charger, rechargeables, ham radio, walkie talkies, etc. Maybe a starter, alternator, coil, etc. for the Universal Jeep ... in case the bell rings.


52 posted on 12/06/2017 10:39:18 AM PST by kitchen (If you are a violin bow maker or restorer please ping me.)
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To: backwoods-engineer
I'm thinking about the frequencies generated by a significant coronal mass ejection or a NORK nuke.
53 posted on 12/06/2017 10:41:13 AM PST by kitchen (If you are a violin bow maker or restorer please ping me.)
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To: joesbucks
It still pings towers and that is recorded.

Right. But the post I was responding to was regarding point of use/user being recorded/surveilled by the phone.

54 posted on 12/06/2017 11:03:27 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Ban pre-shredded cheese now! Make America Grate Again.)
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To: AustinBill

Right. But the post I was responding to was regarding user being recorded by the phone.


55 posted on 12/06/2017 11:04:25 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Ban pre-shredded cheese now! Make America Grate Again.)
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To: Jonty30

From what I can tell, that antenna is a potential gateway into the phone, if the battery is plugged in. I would assume if NSA wanted in, they have a backdoor so all they need to do is get close, and they have access to the phone and its contents, which is probably what the guy in the video is talking about.

As a general rule, the only people who actually know how that world works will never comment on these threads. Anybody outside that world, even engineers, really can’t answer intelligently, because they have no idea what is going on.

As for the battery itself being a threat, I would assume it depends on whether you are a target to start with. If you are not, then probably not.

If you are already a target, then you have to assume anything you get shipped to you can do anything. Swapping out a factory battery for one with a little less lifespan and anything they want installed is not an issue. For that matter, neither is customizing your phone’s programming before it gets to you with backdoors and call outs. In that case, if you were given a custom battery, pulling the battery on your phone is not going to do anything, unless it is wrapped in a faraday type enclosure. But by then they have you fifty other ways as well, so you are shoveling shit against the tide from the start.

For various reasons in this bizarre world, if you are doing crime, I would actually assume you are not going to see this type of intrusion, since you may have lawyers, and investigations, and eventually be in court. I tend to think the guy on the vid is just seeking clicks, but you never know.

If you know you have problems and can’t see a reason though, then you very well may see all sorts of shit, and should assume as much.


56 posted on 12/07/2017 6:02:53 AM PST by AnonymousConservative (Why did Liberals evolve within our species? www.anonymousconservative.com)
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